Basic Information on Schengen Cooperation
- Basic Information on Schengen Cooperation
- Method of ensuring security in an area without borders
- Rules for crossing borders
- The Schengen Information System
The Schengen Information System
The Schengen Information System (SIS) is the common information system of the Schengen countries, which ensures that you can move freely and safely within the Schengen area without checks at common borders. The SIS supports the functioning of national border guards, police, customs, immigration authorities and authorities responsible for the prevention, detection, investigation or prosecution of criminal offences, enabling them to share alerts on persons and things and to implement the required measures.
In 2022, for example, more than 5 100 persons and things entered into the SIS by other countries were traced in the Czech Republic on the basis of SIS alerts and through the cooperation of SIRENE (national central information exchange point) bureaux. More than 9 000 measures have been carried out abroad on persons and things entered in the SIS by the Czech Republic.
Only the competent national authorities have access to SIS data. On March 7th, 2023, a new and improved version of the SIS will be launched, which includes new types of alerts and data to be processed.
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For more information, visit the official website of the European Commission https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/schengen-borders-and-visa/schengen-information-system_en.
Personal data
The SIS contains the personal data of the persons who are the subject of SIS alerts. The types of data that may be processed in the SIS are set out in EU legislation. Personal data are also processed when a person is checked in the SIS. This happens, for example, when you enter the Schengen area or are stopped by the police for a road check. The SIS guarantees individuals the right to: access their data, correct anaccurate data and delete data unlawfully stored in the system. In addition, the person who is the subject of an alert on refusal of entry and stay or a return alert must be duly informed (right to information).
All persons who are the subject of an alert also have the right to file a complaint with the national data protection authorities or the courts and may obtain compensation for any damage caused by the unlawful processing of data concerning them in any Schengen country.
For more information on data subjects' rights, visit the website of the Data Protection Officer's Department of the Police Presidium or the Data Protection Authority
Relevant Legislation